Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 17. Noble. Royal extraction, (Εσθλων γενεσθαι. Eurip. Hec.) and education, afford many advantages which others, who raise themselves to the throne, do not enjoy. Hebrew “the son of those in white,” ( Calmet.) or “of heroes.” Mont.—Eurim, ( Bible.) or Chorim seems to have give rise to the word Hero. The advantages of birth only make the defects of degenerate children more observable. Calmet.—Heroum filii noxæ. “The sons of heroes are a nuisance,” ( Bible.) was an ancient proverb.—Season. The time was not fixed; but it was deemed a mark of intemperance to eat before noon, when judges ought to have decided causes. Daniel 13:7. Acts 2:15.